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The Lowertown Community Association has submitted a nomination for Polly Drouin as a hockey athlete to the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. LCA summer student Brendan Bowen researched Drouin for a heritage walking tour on North Dalhousie.
After a six-season, 160-game NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, Drouin and his wife operated the La Salle Hotel on Dalhousie Street in the 1940s. He played for various Ottawa and Hull teams before signing up in 1934 with the Canadiens, where he was known as the Flying Frenchman and “the speed merchant